Good day and I want to thank everyone on this forum, I have gained so much information and confidence while browsing these forums!
This is so awesome to see so many people who share the same passion!
First a quick little introduction.
I am a Finnish rookie bowyer, the hobby really got me hooked.
I first got in to bow making via bushcraft and survival, I made a lot of green wood bows and one day I thought to make a proper bow, so I did.
First bow was a white oak board long bow with a handle section and arrow rest.
It has drywall tape backing, 75'' 47lb @33'' draw.
I needed a more powerful bow, so I built this out of a piece of 2'' by 5'' board:
Straight grain, or at least pretty straight.
110-115 lbs --- 29''Draw --- 76''long
I heat treated the bow while constantly adding linseed oil until dark brown, took me 1.5 hours.
The bow has 1.5'' set but considering it is ash belly from what I have heard of it is not the best wood for this purpose.
I used bamboo backing just to make it not to crack, speaking of bamboo backing.
Many say that bamboo will overpower ash belly if too thick, the bamboo on this bow is 1/4 of the whole thickness of the bow.
That being said my bow has no frets at all, maybe it is so low poundage, I don't know.
I'll add more pictures once I have added the buffalo horn nocks and I will shoot it more and do the final tiller, maybe give some more heat to repel the set that it took.
After that I'll add more pictures and show the fully drawn bow.
By the way, I can't even fully draw the bow(rofl), I need to make 70-80lb training bow for more muscle power.
Have a great spring and may your staves not crack in half.
Thanks!
